OWL Training at Murray Grove NJ - LAST CALL!!
Pat Infante
These trainings are likely going to be cancelled, unless we have 6-8 more registrations for each level.
Please have your folks register by Monday August 3!
Our Whole Lives Training - Elementary & Jr/Sr High - August 14-16, 2015
This training has 2 different tracks. Participants must choose one track and register for their specific age level:
Training for the Elementary (K-6) Level - Registration Link
Training for the Jr/Sr High (7-12) level - Registration Link
Training will take place Friday August 14, 2015 through Sunday, August 16, 2015. Times will be posted when they are known. Times are tentative and will be confirmed in the participant welcome letter. Please be aware that attendance is required at all part of each training session for certification.
Location: Murray Grove Retreat Center, Lanoka Harbor, NJ. You can learn more about the church at www.murraygrove.org
Registration is LIMITED to 20 participants, on a first-come, first-served basis. Deadline to register is July, 2015.
Cost: $375.00 for the training to stay on site; $300 to commute. The fee includes registration, materials, light dinner on Friday, breakfast/lunch/dinner and snacks on Saturday, breakfast/lunch/snacks on Sunday, leaders' fees, and administrative costs. Registration fees are refundable minus a $30 administrative charge and after all incurred expenses for the trainings are paid for.
Trainers: Elementary - Myra Aaronson and Jennifer Nichols
Jr/Sr High - Lara Campbell and Robin Slaw
Participants should bring their copies of the Our Whole Lives Curricula and Sexuality and Our Faith for the ages they are being trained with them. Please look the materials over and become familiar with them before you arrive. Additional supplies to bring will be included in your participant letter
Our Whole Lives (OWL) is an excellent, comprehensive sexuality education program that offers our young people the opportunity to explore their values, gain accurate information about topics that are often not easily accessible. The overall goal of the Our Whole Lives program is to help participants gain the knowledge, values, and skills they need to lead sexually healthy, responsible lives. We are proud that our congregations recognize that in order for young people to grow into spiritually whole, mature individuals we need to address the topic of sexuality. The material on Sexuality and Our Faith connects our religious beliefs with sexuality, spirituality, and issues on justice.
The Our Whole Lives teacher training will cover the curricula for the elementary level. The goals of this workshop are to prepare the participants to implement the curriculum as well as the Sexuality and Our Faith component. Through a varied program including practice and participation activities, the trainers will cover implementation techniques, information about adolescents, curricula details, and technical information.
Our Whole Lives leaders will have a commitment to values-based, comprehensive sexuality education, have willingness to affirm the Our Whole Lives program goals, values, and philosophy, have a demonstrated ability to appreciate and work with people of diverse races, cultures, ages, abilities, and sexual and gender orientations and have the ability to provide a safe, engaging learning environment.
This training is an opportunity not only to learn about the program and how to lead it, but also to see how comfortable you are as an Our Whole Lives leader. At the end of the weekend, you and we, the trainers, may determine that teaching Our Whole Lives is not the best fit for you at this time. And that is fine. The most important thing is that each of us be open and honest about our comfort and abilities in facilitating sexuality education in the best possible way with our young people.